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Definition of Pulchritudinous
1. Adjective. Used of persons only; having great physical beauty. "Pulchritudinous movie stars"
Definition of Pulchritudinous
1. Adjective. (literary) Having physical beauty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pulchritudinous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pulchritudinous
Literary usage of Pulchritudinous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1911)
"They are the ones who compose the groups of strong-chinned pulchritudinous
youngsters in the backs of the magazines who, amid some variety of scenery, ..."
2. Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving by George Clinton Densmore Odell (1920)
"... with certain attributes of the ordinary ballet girl," but otherwise not
unsatisfactory. I am chiefly interested to learn that the pulchritudinous George ..."
3. Ivory, Apes and Peacocks: Joseph Conrad, Walt Whitman, Jules Laforgue by James Huneker (1915)
"Naturally the pulchritudinous weakling we shall always have with us, ugly girls
with brains are a welcome relief from the eternal purring of the popular ..."
4. Poet Lore (1913)
"Jewish comedians, a 'pulchritudinous chorus' (a favorite phrase of the theatrical
reporter), horseplay, ragtime — if these make up the newspaper reviewers ..."
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